Workism and the Rise in Overtime in the Workplace

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There's been a rise in what em dark thompson at the atlantic calls workism, which is this idea that work should really be the centrepiece of your life and your identity. Lock who's been at starbuck's eight years, says she's seen the advent of optimal scheduling. "It's good for capitalism the more tho we feel like work is a religion"

The pandemic changed how we think about work. In this repodcast, Vox’s Anna North says it might be time to change how much we work, too.

Today’s show was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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